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The Ten Hardest Drugs to Kick...a reality check
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 646150" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I partly posted this because it alarms me so much that some parents will give drug addicts car access. Yes, alcoholics are just as dangerous.</p><p></p><p>Although I find cigarettes very offensive to me and the smoke makes my eyes tear and my throat burn, it isn't a danger to smoke cigarettes and drive so I don't care if somebody decides to lock himself into a car with his cigarette and double inhale the poison as he is ony hurting one person...himself, I do disagree that cigarettes are not something that goes hand in hand with other drug use and addiction. Smoking in teens is way down (well, cigarette smoking <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) and it is no longer that socially acceptable anywhere to smoke. I've never met an addict who did not also smoke cigarettes. And in my world, which is not THE world, my experience has been moderately heavy drinkers and partiers also tend to smoke cigarettes. I am puzzled about why they even start since it has been known for decades that it can kill you and it does kill you early. Of course there is always the odd exception. Before my hub quit he never stopped telling me about his grandfather who drank and smoked and lived to be 92. It can happen. But it's sort of like playing Russian Roulette with eight bullets. I didn't want my kids to smoke cigs and am glad they don't and would never pay for that. And I do think that is the first jump to addictive behavior, although not all smokers move on to mind altering drugs. And, again, it is only dangerous to the user, as long as they don't blow smoke in your face, so I am much kinder to cigarettes.</p><p></p><p>You can't make somebody want to be healthy, but at least once they get into a car, cigarettes don't affect the driver's ability on the road.</p><p></p><p>I was not surprised the most addictive drug was Heroin. That is making a big comeback and the outcome of heroine abusers is not good even now. If you have a grown child who is a heroin addict please remember...you help nobody, not your child or greater humanity by putting him behind the wheel of a car. This is truly a drug that many never stop using. I am alarmed it is making a comeback in high schools, and am so glad all of my children are no longer in school.</p><p></p><p>Please keep everyone as safe as you can. You can't stop your heroin or meth or Adderrall addicted adult child from driving if his friends are stupidly willing to lend him their cars, but you don't have to be a part of it. You can at least say, "I did the best I could to keep others safe from him/her." If we put them in our cars, in a big way, this is on us. We have no business allowing dangerous addicts, whether they claim to be sober or not, behind OUR cars.</p><p></p><p>We also have no business letting our buzzed alcohol party kids in a car. We owe it to ourselves to keep a clean conscience and know we have not contributed if tragedy occurs. We can't give in to their guilting us out. Yes, I did it too. We all did. But I stopped. We must ALL stop for our own sakes and theirs.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for my lecture, but hearing about addicts on the roads scares the crapola out of me.</p><p></p><p>The impairment of pot is still "iffy." I wouldn't let my high kid drive. Interestingly, I believe I read that 39% of all high school seniors claim to have at leasat smoked pot once. That is less than I'd thought and it doesn't mean they all continued. It goes along with my belief that most kids are good kids who do try things, but usually make the right choices and that wild, out-of-control teens are in the minority. I had one, but she is not the "norm." Some people also think it is normal for teens to break the law repeatedly and cuss us out. It is not.</p><p></p><p>Alcohol was the #1 drug teens abuse and try. Not all drink like fiends, but alcoholism is the biggest drug abused by teenagers...to this day. </p><p></p><p>My lecture for the day is over (bow and stumbles down the stairs as I am a klutz and don't need any drugs in me to be one!!!) Hope nobody is offended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 646150, member: 1550"] I partly posted this because it alarms me so much that some parents will give drug addicts car access. Yes, alcoholics are just as dangerous. Although I find cigarettes very offensive to me and the smoke makes my eyes tear and my throat burn, it isn't a danger to smoke cigarettes and drive so I don't care if somebody decides to lock himself into a car with his cigarette and double inhale the poison as he is ony hurting one person...himself, I do disagree that cigarettes are not something that goes hand in hand with other drug use and addiction. Smoking in teens is way down (well, cigarette smoking :p) and it is no longer that socially acceptable anywhere to smoke. I've never met an addict who did not also smoke cigarettes. And in my world, which is not THE world, my experience has been moderately heavy drinkers and partiers also tend to smoke cigarettes. I am puzzled about why they even start since it has been known for decades that it can kill you and it does kill you early. Of course there is always the odd exception. Before my hub quit he never stopped telling me about his grandfather who drank and smoked and lived to be 92. It can happen. But it's sort of like playing Russian Roulette with eight bullets. I didn't want my kids to smoke cigs and am glad they don't and would never pay for that. And I do think that is the first jump to addictive behavior, although not all smokers move on to mind altering drugs. And, again, it is only dangerous to the user, as long as they don't blow smoke in your face, so I am much kinder to cigarettes. You can't make somebody want to be healthy, but at least once they get into a car, cigarettes don't affect the driver's ability on the road. I was not surprised the most addictive drug was Heroin. That is making a big comeback and the outcome of heroine abusers is not good even now. If you have a grown child who is a heroin addict please remember...you help nobody, not your child or greater humanity by putting him behind the wheel of a car. This is truly a drug that many never stop using. I am alarmed it is making a comeback in high schools, and am so glad all of my children are no longer in school. Please keep everyone as safe as you can. You can't stop your heroin or meth or Adderrall addicted adult child from driving if his friends are stupidly willing to lend him their cars, but you don't have to be a part of it. You can at least say, "I did the best I could to keep others safe from him/her." If we put them in our cars, in a big way, this is on us. We have no business allowing dangerous addicts, whether they claim to be sober or not, behind OUR cars. We also have no business letting our buzzed alcohol party kids in a car. We owe it to ourselves to keep a clean conscience and know we have not contributed if tragedy occurs. We can't give in to their guilting us out. Yes, I did it too. We all did. But I stopped. We must ALL stop for our own sakes and theirs. Sorry for my lecture, but hearing about addicts on the roads scares the crapola out of me. The impairment of pot is still "iffy." I wouldn't let my high kid drive. Interestingly, I believe I read that 39% of all high school seniors claim to have at leasat smoked pot once. That is less than I'd thought and it doesn't mean they all continued. It goes along with my belief that most kids are good kids who do try things, but usually make the right choices and that wild, out-of-control teens are in the minority. I had one, but she is not the "norm." Some people also think it is normal for teens to break the law repeatedly and cuss us out. It is not. Alcohol was the #1 drug teens abuse and try. Not all drink like fiends, but alcoholism is the biggest drug abused by teenagers...to this day. My lecture for the day is over (bow and stumbles down the stairs as I am a klutz and don't need any drugs in me to be one!!!) Hope nobody is offended. [/QUOTE]
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